Hello friends. I have found myself participating in a variety of online classes and demos. Yana Smakula demonstrated “Painting with paper” in an Online Card Class recently. That got me thinking about background stamps I have that may be useful for this technique. I settled on a Hero Arts wave background. I hope you enjoy…
Greetings friends. I am presenting this lovely purple floral card for CutCardStock today. I love the dimension created using die cuts and embossing with die cuts. The base, mandala die-cut, and the floral layers were all created using Cougar cardstock. Poptone Grape Jelly cardstock was the perfect base for the layers. The floral images are…
Hello friends! Today I present another glittery card with CutCardStock. Glitter cardstock is so much fun to play with! I started with Classic Crest Baronial Ivory for the A2 base and debossed it with the Dotted Swirl Cover Plate from Altenew. I have a video documenting the process. Take a look and subscribe to my…
Greetings friends. I hope you are staying safe and finding some therapeutic crafting time. Today I am presenting this sparkly card for CutCardStock appropriate for a wedding or anniversary. I am a big fan of metallic cardstock. The Stardream Metallic in Lagoon really calls my name! I started with a piece of the Lagoon cardstock…
Greetings Crafty Friends. I am thrilled to be here today to post the Easter card I have created for CutCardStock! This one had lots of pieces and parts. I had a great time putting it together! In addition to the basket fillers, the basket has several pieces and layers to make it appear realistic! I…
Greetings Friends. I am posting today for CutCardStock. I love the great variety of cardstock they carry, the great customer service and fast shipping! I count myself LUCKY to be continuing on the design team! Check out the video to see the steps to create this card. The background started with watercolor paper. I am…
Greetings Crafty Friends. Posting Sunflowers today for CutCardStock. I am loving sunflowers! Start with CutCardStock’s Royal Sundance Kraft for the bases on these cards. Next, use Spellbinder’s A2 Curved Matting Basics to cut the base piece for the potted sunflower card. The yellow cardstock is Royal Fiber Sunflower. Dry emboss the piece with the My…
Greetings, Crafty Friends. I have been loving cards created using rainbow strips! Several designers, including Jennifer McGuire, have posted examples! I ended up with 4 total examples of these fun striped cards! The first I completed was the Celebrate card. I later learned the die was no longer available, so I added another example using…
Greetings Crafty Friends. I find myself in a rainbow mood. I recently purchased this Eileen Hull die and challenged myself to do something fun with it for this posting for CutCardStock.com. This blog post will detail the steps to create this fun and festive string of houses. I started by cutting out 16 house bases…
I am pleased to share these bright Valentines cards for CutCardStock today! We’ll start with the pink Hugs card. Savoy 100% Cotton Cardstock is the perfect base for techniques with water! The first step was to white heat emboss Simon Says Stamp Center Heart background stamp onto the paper. The next step was smooshing pink…
Greetings Crafty Friends, and Happy Holidays to all! I love sparkly cards, and this one was so much fun to create. I started with Curious Metallic Lustre cardstock and added many layers of alcohol inks to create the blue/purple sparkly background. The video covers the creation of the card: The sentiment was stamped using Stampers…
Greetings Crafty Friends. Today I am sharing this cute ornament with you! I started with Curious Metallic Electric Blue cardstock. I cut three ornaments using a Memory Box ornament die. Using a stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called Christmas Flower, I added silver metallic paste over the front and back of all three pieces….